[R] Moore-Penrose Generalized determinant?

[Ranjan Maitra]

Since the OP says "Generalized determinant" (I do not really know
what that means), it is different from the usual determinant perhaps? 

Is it the product of the nonzero eigenvalues?

Ranjan


On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:52:14 -0400 <JLucke at ria.buffalo.edu> wrote:

> If the matrix is singular, the determinant of the matrix and its M-P 
> inverse are both zero.
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> Is there a function in R to calculate the generalized determinant of a
> singular matrix? - similar to the ginv() used to compute the generalized
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> I can't seem to find any R related posts at all.
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> Thanks in advance,
> Sean O'Riordain
> Trinity College Dublin
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